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Ville Platte, LA - DOJ Investigating Police - OTs Experiences in Ville Platte?
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:06 am
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:06 am
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Anybody have any stories to share about the police and Ville Platte?
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When the federal government investigates a police department, it’s usually looking at allegations that officers use excessive force or racially profile residents.
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that it was coming to the rural Louisiana town of Ville Platte, to investigate the police department and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, which is also headquartered in the town. It said it would look into allegations that the officers detain residents in their jails without proper cause.
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Under the curfew, people couldn’t walk their dogs, go to the corner store or visit their friends at night, unless they had a car.
Police soon began making arrests, sweeping up “hundreds” of residents every night just for being outside after 10 p.m., according to the complaint. The mayor, Jennifer Vidrine, said at the time that she had imposed the curfew in response to a series of car break-ins, and that it would last for 60 days. The city council extended it three times.
The bevy of new fines from curfew violators created a “monetary windfall for the city,” the complaint said, “and thus, a tremendous incentive to continue the curfew.”
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One is a ban on sagging pants. Specifically, the city’s municipal code requires that pants be “size appropriate and secured at the waist to prevent the pants from falling more than three inches below the hips (crest of the ilium) causing exposure of the person or the person’s undergarments.”
The city also requires residents to wear “something reflective as an outer garment such as an armband, or parka” when walking after dark.”The reflective material is to be visible from all directions,” a town ordinance reads. “This will enable drivers to see the walking resident more clearly.”
The police began enforcing that ordinance in January 2011, at the same time as the curfew, according to city council meeting minutes.
The penalty for violating either rule is a fine with a maximum penalty of $200 — and 30 days in jail for those who can’t pay it.
Anybody have any stories to share about the police and Ville Platte?
This post was edited on 4/29/15 at 11:07 am
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:09 am to GetCocky11
When do the riots begin?
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:09 am to GetCocky11
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Anybody have any stories to share about the police and Ville Platte?
Probably not, mostly white people on TD, and those laws were obviously written for blacks.
Also, all I know about ville platte is that their accents are worse than down the bayou accents.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:11 am to GetCocky11
If people would have left the saggy pants shite alone, the trend would be over by now. Who cares what other people wear? Pick your freaking battles man. No brains at all.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:11 am to GetCocky11
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Police soon began making arrests, sweeping up “hundreds” of residents every night just for being outside after 10 p.m., according to the complaint. The mayor, Jennifer Vidrine, said at the time that she had imposed the curfew in response to a series of car break-ins, and that it would last for 60 days. The city council extended it three times.
If people are so up in arms about it, then maybe they should look into why they allowed the bolded portion to happen without voting those councilmen out or recalling them.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:12 am to GetCocky11
Over/under on VP women getting pregnant from out-of-town investigators - 2.5
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:15 am to LSU1NSEC
way over
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:15 am to LSU1NSEC
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Over/under on VP women getting pregnant from out-of-town investigators - 2.5
I'm taking the over.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:15 am to LSU1NSEC
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Over/under on VP women getting pregnant from out-of-town investigators - 2.5
I'll take the over if the investigation is held during hunting season
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:22 am to kingbob
quote:Well yeah they should get rid of them. That being said, corruption and abuse of power is inexcusable regardless if citizens try to oust them or not.
If people are so up in arms about it, then maybe they should look into why they allowed the bolded portion to happen without voting those councilmen out or recalling them.
This post was edited on 4/29/15 at 11:22 am
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:23 am to GetCocky11
The curfew thing is pretty messed up, and who wears a parka in Ville Platte?
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:24 am to buckeye_vol
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Well yeah they should get rid of them. That being said, corruption and abuse of power is inexcusable regardless if citizens try to oust them or not.
The question is why didn't they? Why did they allow them to vote FOR it 4 times (voted for it once and then extended 3 times). If such a policy was so unpopular, then why was this not addressed by recalling their councilmen? Heck, Gonzales recalled one of theirs because he dared to not vote for more money for the Gonzales Police Department to upgrade their cruisers. I think I would have been all up in arms after the first time they extended the curfew.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:27 am to RabidTiger
Feds show up and ask a few questions---- Local Leos answer in a strange jackedup language no one can understand= investigation over GTFO
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:27 am to GetCocky11
They should look into the shitty speed trap Pine Prarie runs over there. No reason for traffic to have to slow down all the way to 45 in that shitty "village"
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:31 am to eddieray
VP has some fineazz women, no lie. They might want to send some non-heterosexual investigators over there or someone's getting impregnated.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 11:39 am to GetCocky11
Before anyone says racism here:
Mayor? Black Woman
Chief Of Police? Black Man
Sherriff? White Man
I believe 3 of the city council members are black too after googling them, no pics to look at.
Mayor? Black Woman
Chief Of Police? Black Man
Sherriff? White Man
I believe 3 of the city council members are black too after googling them, no pics to look at.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:00 pm to ShoeBang
There was a stretch of armed robberies behind donnys in the parking lot for a while.
I think it prompted the curfew.
I think it prompted the curfew.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:04 pm to GetCocky11
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Anybody have any stories to share about the police and Ville Platte?
I wont make a gumbo without smoked sausage from Teet's in VP
Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:11 pm to ShoeBang
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Before anyone says racism here: Mayor? Black Woman Chief Of Police? Black Man Sherriff? White Man
This, but it's riot season, so the hacks will come out in full force.
Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:14 pm to kingbob
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If people are so up in arms about it, then maybe they should look into why they allowed the bolded portion to happen without voting those councilmen out or recalling them.
There probably needs to be an investigation into voter disenfranchisement. It's the only way something like that is possible.
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